Spine

Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Neurological Center added Michael Wolak, MD, PhD, to its staff, reports The Robsonian.

The national opioid epidemic is one of the most pressing issues facing healthcare in the United States. Four spine and neurosurgeons provide their insight on how to tackle the opioid epidemic.

Here are eight spine and neurosurgeons making the news.

Ernest Braxton, MD, successfully performed a two-hour minimally invasive spinal fusion procedure where the patient was awake at Vail-Summit (Colo.) Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, reports Summit Daily.

Steven Nichols, MD, founding partner of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of spinal disorders. 

Zeeshan Sardar, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital in New York City.

Two organizations recently recognized Plano-based Texas Back Institute spine surgeon Theodore Belanger, MD, for his medical mission work, the Rockwall County Herald Banner reports.

Improving cost-effectiveness in spine is a pertinent issue for patients and physicians alike. Here, four neurosurgeons discuss how bundled payments, value-based care and other new payment models will affect spine in the future.

Three spine surgeons discuss health IT innovations they expect to see soon.

The family of a former patient at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs hospital filed a lawsuit against the hospital, alleging malpractice for hiring a neurosurgeon whose license had been revoked in another state prior to his time in Iowa City,…